ABSTINENT

abstinent

Noun

  1. One who abstains; a faster. <ref name=SOED/>
  2. One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3rd century, and believed in abstinence towards meat and sex.

Adjective

  1. Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate.


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